Neurotic styles
by David Shapiro · first published 1965
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From the first hardcover edition dust jacket: Neurotic Styles is an original, clinical study of four kinds of neurosis--obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, hysterical, and impulsive--and of the special characteristics of each. As background for his studies, Dr. Shapiro first reviews significant theoretical and research contributions to the psychology of character since Freud, including the contributions to this subject of Wilhelm Reich, Erik H. Erikson, George S. Klein, and others. Drawing on his own extensive clinical observation, he then examines in close detail the ways of thinking
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…You need to understand these; once you understand, you will see examples fairly frequently. Then a lot of what they do will be understandable and predictable. A good start is just: David Shapiro, Neurotic Styles, ISBN 0-465-09502-X, Basic Books, New York, 1965. The author has an MD. More generally for people 101 read: Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving, Harper and Row, New York, ISBN 0-06-080291-X, 1974. Fromm…
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on “Ask HN: What's your favorite, mostly unknown book?” ↗As in David Shapiro, Neurotic Styles, the standard neurotic behaviors are hysteria (my description -- over reacting, i.e., volume level too high), paranoia (i.e., threat detector too sensitive; false alarm rate too high), obsessive behavior…
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